Installing WordPress in BigRock

As of today, WordPress is the most popular choice when we talk about Content Management System or CMS. This is because WordPress is design to be user friendly so that everybody could create a website of their own. However, even if the functionalities are easy to use, the installation of WordPress itself is a bit tricky to the beginners.

Of course we need our website to have a domain and a hosting service. Fortunately, Bigrock is made compatible for WordPress users.

WordPress installation in Bigrock was made possible by a commercial script library Softaculous. Now installing WordPress is made much more easier. These are the following steps for installing WordPress in Bigrock.

Step 1:
Login to your cPanel, then scroll down and find Softaculous App Installer Panel. Under it you can find the WordPress icon, click it.

Step 2:
After you click the WordPress icon, you will see an Install button, click it. You will see a text field that will ask for the details needed for the setup such as the username and password, WordPress installation directory, your website title, description and other necessary details.

You have to leave In Directory empty unless you wanted to load your website over a sub-directory. For the Protocol, you have to choose http://. Make sure you have filled the fields for Site Name, Site Description, Username, Password and your Admin Email. Choose your preferred language.

Step 3:
For your database, you can leave the default value but it is advisable to change it for security purposes.

Step 4:
Click Install button.

That was it. Just wait for a few minutes for the installation to be done. When the installation is complete, all you need to do is to add the contents for your website. You also need to have a good design to satisfy your visitors. Fortunately, WordPress is very easy to design because of the themes.

WordPress themes are available for free or for purchase. The best thing about themes is there are lots of it to choose from. If your website is about movie reviews you could download for free or purchase a themed specifically designed for movie reviews.

Now, since you already done installing WordPress on Bigrock, we are now going to install a theme for your website.

The first thing that you need to do is to go to www.wordpress.org/themes to search for themes. Type a keyword depending on what kind of website that wanted and choose your preferred theme. Download that theme and save it on your computer.

After downloading the theme, open the admin panel of your WordPress site. The link would be example.com/wp-admin. Fill in the login credentials. After successfully logging in you will be directed to the WordPress dashboard.

Now we are going to install the theme that you have downloaded earlier. To do that, click the Appearance on the left menu. Click Install Themes tab. You will see in this tab the options for the theme of your website. For now we are going to use the Upload functionality. Click Upload and then upload the zip file of the theme you have downloaded earlier.

After uploading, click Activate to apply the uploaded theme to your website. You need to change the colors, image files, headers, sliders, logo etc. depending to your preferred style and type of website. You can do the editing by clicking theme options that could also be seen on Appearance.

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Uninstall WordPress From HostGator

Here are the following steps to manually uninstall WordPress from HostGator.

STEP 1: Login Into cPanel

The first thing you need to be would be to log in into your cPanel that is associated with your HostGator account.

STEP 2: Go To “File Manager” From The Dashboard

Once you successfully logged in your cPanel. In the cPanel dashboard look for “Files” section scroll a little bit below find the “File Manager” and click it.

STEP 3: File Manager Window

Upon opening the file manager window you will see a left pane find the “public_HTML” and click on its plus sign. From there you open the domain name file which is associated with WordPress that you wanted to delete.

STEP 4: Before Deleting Copy The Database Name From The wp-config.php

Once you found the domain file folder that is associated to the WordPress you decided to delete. Before progressing to deletion process, first of all find the “wp-config.php” file select it and press “code editor” from the top pane. Once the file is opened you will see a code where you need to find the database name which is in the first lines of the code where the line starts as “define” with a parenthesis with two quoted parameters and the first one should be called “DB_Name”.

The code looks will look like this as an example

define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘example_name_of_the_database’);

Remember the text next to the ‘DB_NAME’ that is also quoted or copy it to a notepad in the meantime. This will be used later for the database deletion.

STEP 5: Delete Files

Now that we got what we all need, we can proceed to finally deleting the files.

Click select all from the folder of the domain where WordPress was used and click “Delete” afterwards then confirm whatever deletion confirmation they will show.

STEP 6: Back To cPanel Dash And Go To “My SQL Databases”

Do not logout the cPanel just yet. Go back to the cPanel dashboard and scroll down below to find a “Database” section then find the “My SQL Databases” and open it.

STEP 7: List Of Databases

Upon opening it you should be able to see a list of database for all the websites that is being used from your HostGator account. Now remember STEP 4 now this is where what we did at that step pays off. From where you listed the “database name” down or if ever you just remembered the exact name of it without mistake, look for the same name from the list and once you found it. Click on the “Delete Database” button right next to the database name. And that is our final step.

We are done. In just 7 steps we managed to remove WordPress from HostGator manually through cPanel. Now that we have learned the one of the ways to remove WordPress lets learn about another way to How to Uninstall WordPress From HostGator.

Removing WordPress Through Fantastico

There is another way which is quite popular to remove WordPress from HostGator that is through Fantastico. Here are the following steps to uninstall WordPress from HostGator through Fantastico.

STEP 1: Login Into cPanel

The first thing you need to be would be to log in into your cPanel that is associated with your HostGator account.

STEP 2: Go To “Fantastico De Luxe” From The Dashboard

Once you successfully logged in your cPanel. In the cPanel dashboard scroll down and look for “Software and Services” section find the “Fantastico De Luxe” and click it.

STEP 3: List Of Application

Once the Fantastico window is opened it will showcase a list of the applications that you have for HostGator. Look for WordPress from the left side pane and click it.

STEP 4: Your List Of Website That Use WordPress

After clicking the WordPress from the left side pane respectively in the right side pane it will show the list of your websites that use WordPress with a “Remove” each one of it. Press the “Remove” link for the designated WordPress site that you’d like to remove.

Just wait until it completely uninstalls and you receive a confirmation of its removal. Now, we are done with how to remove WordPress through Fantastico.

Summary

Regardless on the reasons of why would you would uninstall or remove WordPress. Hopefully, this guide managed to enlighten you about how to uninstall WordPress from HostGator.

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For instance, team from your web hosting provider will take care of technical side of your web server and you will be able to give focus to management part of your WordPress blog/website without being concerned about downtimes or technical errors; even if you do something faulty, support team will be quick enough to fix the issue with as lowest downtime as possible.

But, although not big as that of normal hosting solutions, you can find huge number of managed WordPress hosting providers out there and choosing one might be a cumbersome task, especially for newbies. In this post, however, we have decided to create list of top managed WordPress hosting providers so that you would be able to simplify your selection. For your information, we’ve created this based on an extremely diverse set of factors, including noticeable features, plans and pricing and some other aspects etc. So, shall we move on to the list?

Synthesis

If you’re not only looking for top-notch, secure, truly optimized web hosting for your WordPress blog/site but rather an all-in-one solution, Synthesis WordPress Hosting should be given the first place in your checklist. Before we move on with other aspects of Synthesis WordPress Hosting, it has to be noted that Synthesis, as a company, focuses only on managed WordPress hosting, which means that you can get the best from the firm. Talking of uptime, important consideration of any web professional, Synthesis’s managed VPS servers offer an uptime of 99.9%! So, regardless the requirement of yours, you can be sure of the fact that Synthesis servers will keep your website or blog always up and working. Since WordPress hosting is the one and only service offered by Synthesis, it boasts a numbers of additional features:

• Integrated Social Media and Keyword Research for Extended Reach.
• Site Sensor to ensure fully-fledged functioning of your website/blog.
• 24*7 Help Desk, regardless the plan you have chosen.

Now, we can have a look into pricing and plans of Synthesis WordPress hosting. There are four different plans you’d be able to grab from Synthesis WordPress hosting as per your requirement — Standard, Professional, Advanced and Enterprise. While the first plan, which costs $47 per month, allows you install one WordPress blog/site and have file storage space of 20GB along with monthly bandwidth limit of 350GB, the fourth plan — namely Enterprise — will let you install more than five WordPress sites/blogs and have monthly bandwidth of 3TB and the plan costs $300, which is quite reasonable while considering these features. In additional, all these plans are accompanied by a money-back guarantee of 30 days.

DreamPress by DreamHost

DreamHost, a prominent player in world of consumer web hosting, has a dedicated section for managed WordPress hosting as well! Combining WordPress and DreamHost, the service has been named as DreamPress and it is indeed a dream place for an effective WordPress blog or website. So, if you have found shared hosting insufficient for the site or blog of yours that is running on WordPress, DreamHost is one of the best options to consider. Some of noticeable features of DreamHost’s DreamPress are:

• Automated Daily Backups to ensure security of your website/blog.
• No limitations on the use of plugins or WordPress themes.
• All-time WordPress support from DreamHost, backed by a number of WordPress experts.
• Automated installation and upgrading of WordPress.

DreamPress is quite impressive in case of pricing as well! Unlike most of other managed WordPress hosting services, DreamPress offers single plan that is available for $19.99. The plan, which brings a WordPress-optimized VPS, offers unlimited bandwidth and storage space along with other methods to speed up your WordPress-powered site. Along with all these, we have to consider the fact that DreamHost has an impressive level of experience in hosting industry and the quality itself accounts for many awards that DreamPress has received so far!

SiteGround WordPress Hosting

Managed WordPress hosting by SiteGround is one of the best solutions if you are looking for a way to host your site or blog in a secure and managed web server, without spending that much. SiteGround, which provides a number of other web-hosting services, is quite popular among web-based professionals. In addition, SiteGround does offer a set of other features and some of them are as follows.

• Server level protection as well as automated daily backups of your site.
• Integrated Content Delivery Network, backed by powerful server hardware.
• 24*7 Customer support through a variety of methods such as live chat, phone and ticket.
• Other kinds of WordPress tools that make sense when you are concerned about productivity.

WordPress Hosting by SiteGround becomes even impressive when we check out pricing plans from SiteGround. First plan, which is available at a monthly rate of $3.95 — the same rate at which some web hosts offer shared hosting — lets you host one WordPress-powered website along with 10GB of storage space and capacity to manage somewhat 10,000 visits. On the other hand, GoGeek plan of WordPress hosting is available at a monthly fee of $14.95 and you’ll be able to host multiple websites along with storage space of 30GB. So, if you need a managed server that has been optimized to run WordPress and fewer accounts hosted in it, you can go for the GoGeek plan.

Obviously, when we compare SiteGround WordPress hosting with others, its plans are quite affordable. Particularly, CDN and Caching features have to be noted.

Pagely

Just like Synthesis, Pagely is a firm that completely focuses on managed WordPress hosting and it is indeed a worth-checking solution when you want an effective, scalable and reliable web server for WordPress-powered blogs/sites. Trusted by a number of renowned brands such as Microsoft, Twitter and Facebook, Pagely offers a variety of hosting solution according to one’s requirement and budget. Despite having different plans, WordPress hosting from Pagely can be classified into three categories — Personal/Business Hosting, VPS Hosting and Enterprise Hosting. While first category aims small businesses, offering pre installed WordPress, automated backups, free CDN and support, second category combines a powerful Virtual Private Server with the powers of managed WordPress installation, offering an impressive level of performance and privacy. On the other hand, Enterprise category of Pagely WordPress hosting is the best choice when you want to store your WordPress site/blog in Amazon servers along with supervision from the team of Pagely.

Talking of pricing and plans, Pagely has kept the power of convenience in that section as well! Basic plan of Business or Personal WordPress hosting is available at a monthly rate of $64 and lets you host three websites with 10GB disk space and 10GB of bandwidth. When it comes to VPS WordPress hosting, the basic plan starts from $399 per month, and you can host up to 35 websites in that plan along with 100GB bandwidth. Unlike all these, Enterprise section of Pagely has no particular plans made available and you have to request a quote to know about plans. And best part of Pagely is that it offers an effective tool to find and compare plans that suit your convenience. Altogether, if you’re in search of a dedicated hosting solution for your WordPress sites and blogs, do not think twice but add Pagely to list!

Bluehost WordPress Hosting

Well, Bluehost needs no introduction when we are talking of web hosting solutions! Despite the fact that Bluehost’s prime area of focus was shared hosting, the company now provides optimized hosting for WordPress-based site/blog or yours at an affordable rate. Since Bluehost itself manufacturers and sets up servers and other infrastructure, you can be quite sure of this VPS-powered solution’s performance. Also, managed WordPress hosting of Bluehost offers easier integration with MOJO Marketplace and ManageWP. When we take it’s SiteLock Security and advanced CDN to the list, optimized WordPress hosting by Bluehost is indeed something great. Typical features such as automatic WP backups and enhanced cPanel-based control panel is also present in these plans. Four different plans are made available in this section of Bluehost.

The first plan of Bluehost WordPress hosting, namely Blogger, offers 30GB storage, 2GB RAM, 5 WordPress hosting, and backup storage space of 30GB at a first month fee of $12.49, though it lacks Site Backup Feature. While Business and Professional plans wants you to pay first month fee of $60.00 and $37.50 respectively, Enterprise plan is for who need to host up to 30 websites with the power of 8GB RAM and it costs $85 for first month. Do not forget to use Bluehost discount coupon to get some discount. Altogether, we can say that Bluehost WordPress hosting has a convenient set of plans for different users out there.

Pressable

Here comes another dedicated WordPress hosting solution — Pressable — that has kept its simplicity in each aspect. Pressable has different features that different professionals consider most important. For instance, if you are a web-based professional, you can have automated security and core updates as well as scalable features. Nevertheless, if you are approaching Pressable to host your enterprise website, you have the advantage of dedicated hardware and security section, and the best part of Pressable is that they offer customizable plans and you can find the best one as per your requirement.

Three different pricing plans are available from Pressable with respect to number of websites that can be hosted. For instance, if you want to host up to five websites, you can go with the basic plan that costs $25 per month. Or, if you need to host up to 20 WordPress sites, you have to pay $90 per month and choose the third plan. Apart from these, Pressable can set up a customized plan if you talk with them. Some of impressive features such as SSL support, daily backups, Server Side Optimization, deep scanning etc are also present with all these plans. In addition to these, the firm has a VIP and Private Cloud service available that cost $750 and $3500 respectively. So, we repeat, Pressable is a nice choice when you want WordPress hosting with lesser mess. And, for your information, Pressable is trusted by a number of brands including Whirlpool Corporation.

WP Engine

WP Engine is the name you would have heard along with the term, managed WordPress hosting. WP Engine, though its wonderful service, has created an impression that almost every professional can approach WP Engine and he/she will find the most appropriate plan. Portfolio of WP Engine includes a number of popular plans such as Asana, AMD, HTC, MaxCDN, New Relic and Soundcloud. When compared to other managed WordPress solutions, WP Engine does offers a number of features and some of them are as follows.

• One-click Restore Points.
• Unlimited data transfer and optimized speed through the use of Content Delivery Network.
• Choose the data centre according to your convenience.
• Powerful Firewall and Malware Scanning.
• Automated backups and upgrades.
• Support via tickets and live chat.

Four different consumer plans and an Enterprise version are available from WP Engine managed WordPress hosting. Personal, Professional and Business plans are available at a monthly rate of $29, $99 and $249 respectively and you will have to talk with WP Engine team if you need more resources. While the first plan lets you host 1 WordPress site and have unlimited data transfer, Business plan of WP Engine has the capability to store twenty give WordPress sites and manage up to 400,000 visits per month with the power of unlimited data transfer. With all these plans, you can have a 60-day money back guarantee, meaning that you can cancel the service if you don’t like. Additional features such as WP Engine SSL and third party SSL are available in Business and Professional plans of WP Engine. Considering all these, WP Engine is a great choice for optimized WordPress hosting, we bet.

MediaTemple

Here is another prominent name in industry of premium WordPress hosting — MediaTemple WordPress hosting! At a monthly rate of $29, MediaTemple offers decent features such as optimized control panel, unlimited data transfer, ability to install up to three WordPress sites/blogs, 20GB of SSD-powered storage, integrated email management and support for required software. In addition to these, automated WordPress upgrades and additional features are also available with WordPress hosting solution of MediaTemple. Last but not least, MediaTemple is a superb solution to depend upon for your WordPress-powered site or blog.

Well, what is your opinion about these managed WordPress hosting providers? Are you using, or have used, any of them to power your WordPress blog or website? If so, share your experience with us.

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Yet, it has to be noted that managed WordPress hosting solutions are quite expensive than traditional hosting plans, and some of you might be wondering whether managed WordPress hosting is worth what you pay! There is nothing sort of wrong in being dubious when you pay around $20 instead of $5 to have a managed WordPress server, and we are here to help you solve that doubt.

In this post, we shall check out advantages & disadvantages of managed WordPress hosting, and compare traditional hosting and managed WordPress hosting from popular web hosts in industry; so, we hope you would be able to determine real worth of managed WordPress hosting solutions. First, we shall have a look on noticeable advantages of going for a managed WordPress hosting service.

Advantages of Managed WordPress Hosting Solutions (When Compared)

Improved Speed

Since you have hosted your WordPress site in a web server that has been optimized for the popular CMS, you will be able to feel a tremendous change in terms of speed. Using a variety of methods including in-built caching, integrated Content Delivery Network, selection of suitable data center etc, your web host tries its best to minimize loading time of your WordPress site; when it comes to companies like Pagely, which completely focuses on WordPress hosting, its methods are bit more technical as in use of 64-bit OS. So, regardless the method, managed WordPress hosting does make your site load quickly.

Automated Upgrades and Backup

It is not your duty to keep track of WordPress version upgrades and install those upgrades when released! Well, yes! In managed WordPress hosting solution, your web host itself will take care of WordPress upgrading section and you can be sure of that section! Similarly, most of managed WordPress hosting solutions offer automated backup option, which helps you get rid of technical failures or other issues.

Top-Notch Security

When compared to traditional hosting servers, VPSs have an advantage of privacy and security! Managed WordPress hosting solutions make use of this advantage in maximum level by strengthening security side of your server through a number of methods: frequent scanning for malware and other harmful files and installation of security upgrades!

Premium Support

Premium support is one of the best features you can get while upgrading to managed WordPress server. Since your web host itself has taken charge of server management, you can clear your doubts and seek support when you face any sort of issue while managing your WordPress site. More often than not, multiple methods are made available for customer support.

Disadvantages of Managed WordPress Hosting

• Since your web host manages the server, your access to ‘technical’ aspect of server is limited.
• Obviously, managed WordPress hosting is not that affordable when compared to shared hosting.

So, now, you have an idea about both advantages and disadvantages of managed WordPress hosting solutions! Well, it is now our time to check out how these plans are different from typical shared hosting ones.

It’s Time to Compare

Despite the fact that most of managed WordPress hosting providers focus only on managed hosting, there are a few web hosts that offer both traditional shared hosting and managed WordPress hosting. Now, we shall have a look on a few of them to understand the real difference between shared hosting plans and managed WordPress hosting.

DreamHost

DreamPress is the managed WordPress hosting package from DreamHost, one of the popular web hosting providers! DreamHost is known for its affordability when compared to other providers of managed WP hosting and noticeable information about DreamPress is as follows.

• Starts from a monthly fee of $19.95 (Single Plan)
• Automated daily backups, WordPress installation and updates
• Support through Live Chat, Twitter and Email
• Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth

Now, we will move on to Shared hosting section of DreamHost. An outline of its basic plan is give below.

• Starts from $8.95, with free domain name
• Unlimited Storage and Bandwidth
• One-click WordPress Installation
• Live Support — Chat, Email and Twitter

Bluehost

Bluehost, one of the prominent players in web hosting industry, offers a dedicated hosting plan that is optimized for hassle-free functioning of your WordPress site. Notable details of the plan are:

• Basic plan starts from $12.49 (as first month payment)
• Free domain name
• Automated Backup (Basic plan lacks this feature)
• 24*7 support via different methods

And, the shared hosting section of Bluehost offers:

• Starts from $3.95 per month
• Free domain name
• One-Click CMS installation
• All-the-time Support

HostGator

In addition to their shared and VPS hosting, they also offer managed WordPress hosting service.  HostGator is a worth-noting name when you want to find best shared hosting solutions. Managed WordPress hosting plan of HostGator includes the following features:

• 100% FREE Migration
• Global CDN Included
• WPBeginner Walk through
• Automatic Malware Removal
• Unlimited Storage Space
• Unlimited Email Accounts
• $100 Google AdWords Credit

How BIG BROTHERS Charge

To understand the real business, we need to have a look on, how big brothers in managed WordPress hosting world do charge. Now, we will list out popular providers and pricing of their less expensive plan.

• WP Engine offers its most basic plan at a monthly rate of $29 and the company is a pioneer in managed WP hosting.
• Pressable wants you to pay $25 per month for its basic managed WordPress hosting plan.
• MediaTemple has also set the monthly price to $29 for the basic plan.

It has to be noted, however, that these pricing plans are of basic plans and features will be limited. For instance, you can see that none of these plans lets you host more than five WordPress sites. Similarly, you might be aware of such limitations.

And, it’s Time to Decide

We hope you have gone through the comparison of managed WordPress hosting and typical shared hosting! Despite having powerful VPS server and other kinds of security services, a budget-caring web-based professional would have enough reasons to prefer shared hosting to Managed WordPress hosting. It is so because most shared hosting plans do offer support for WordPress along with quick installation scripts. In addition, when we consider the case of both DreamHost and Bluehost, you get a free domain, which is a big deal.

Having that said, you might have enough reasons for a shift towards managed WordPress hosting. If you think traffic of your website/blog is increasing day by day and the server is not able to tolerate the increased consumption, you’ll have to think of shifting. On the other hand, if you would love getting additional security features and premium care from your web host, in fixing issues and solving doubts, managed WordPress hosting is indeed a great choice. On the other hand, if you have a negative answer for all these questions, stay happy because shared hosting is sufficient for you! More importantly, there is nothing sort of showing off by purchasing managed WordPress hosting instead of the traditional one — so, mind your requirement.

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1. Free WordPress Hosting: WordPress.com
2. Self-Hosted WordPress: WordPress.org

Free WordPress Hosting Blog

In simple words, a Free WordPress Hosting means you need not pay for your web hosting monthly or yearly. Around 3GB of disk space is allotted free for your website hosting. In this case, your domain name will contain wordpress.com. The web developer who targets to create a basic blog having no much future expansion or heavy growth prefers free hosting on WordPress. It’s free, easy, quick, optimized, maintained and convenient. On the contrary, never forget that ‘Nothing is free in this world’. The biggest downside of free hosting on WordPress is your blog’s life span is in their hand i.e. if your blog violates any of its terms then it can be deleted without seeking your permission. Another limitation is that your site gets occupied by numerous ads posted by WordPress. You will have to pay yearly amount for your site to be ads-free.

Upgrade CSS: refers to upgradation of the CSS files or what is simply called as design upgrade. To upgrade your blog theme and alter the CSS files you will be asked to pay 30 USDs per annum. Note that, you cannot completely change the design rather just upgrade the color, images, etc., but definitely, addition of new custom theme is restricted. This is the only way in which you can get rid of those common templates and themes used by maximum of freely hosted WordPress sites.

Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

A self-hosted WordPress blog is the one hosted by a web hosting company rather than WordPress itself. Hence, to make your blog a success, you need to choose the best web host that satisfies all your requirements. However, the webmaster needs to be alert about: from keeping the backups and the update news regarding the blog aspects to paying the domain registration fee yearly. The site performance and maintenance is entirely his responsibility.

• WordPress Plugins: WordPress is known for its wide range of plugins, be it free, paid or custom and the self-hosted blogs come up with the facility of these plugins which makes the blog more user-friendly.
• WordPress Themes: There is a complete flexibility regarding usage of the available WordPress themes. This encourages the web developer to enrich the creativity in their design and customize the look the way they want.
• Monetization: The free hosted blogs do not permit publishing ads on the site unless a target of 25,000 page views per month is not achieved. Whereas the self-hosted blog has the provision of publishing any kind of ad service the site owner wishes to and only he has the authority on the credits earned.

Conclusion

You now got a clear idea about the provisions and features of both free hosting and self-hosting on WordPress. Should you really go for a Self-Hosted WordPress blog depends basically on the topic or subject of your blog and its aimed future. The decision making is similar to having a chocolate ice-cream if you feel vanilla flavor is too sweet to eat and doesn’t satisfy your taste! We would suggest large-scale projects such as commercial and business blogs on WordPress be self-hosted whereas small scale projects such as personal or temporary event blogs on WordPress be freely hosted. Rest is your decision, enjoy blogging!

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In spite of having that said, I understand the fact that most users do not actually understand the term, managed WordPress hosting as well as what it means! Through this post, however, I have decided to clear various doubts that you may have about managed WordPress hosting services — a general introduction to managed WordPress hosting, features that distinguish it from other sort of hosting solutions, disadvantages and advantages of WordPress hosting etc. First, we shall have the introduction to managed WordPress hosting, which we expect to be a requirement of every newbie in web world.

Managed WordPress Hosting — Basics to Know

I hope you are familiar with Virtual Private Server hosting as well as dedicated server hosting! And, indeed, you’re familiar with WordPress, the CMS cum Blogging Platform from Open Source World. Simply put, managed WordPress hosting is all about optimizing powerful web servers to run WordPress as smoothly as possible! Despite the fact that technical requirement of WordPress CMS is quite low, you can get an amazing level of productivity and power if you make use of optimized servers; managed WP hosting services work based on this fact! In other words, if you have hosted your WordPress blog or site on a managed WP hosting server, you don’t have to be scared about any kind of technical issue regarding your site and you can have a hassle-free WordPress blogging experience. Now, we will move on to some technical aspects, how it’s different from most of other web hosting solutions, particularly shared web hosting.

How Managed WordPress Hosting is Different

Well, as I said earlier, managed WordPress hosting is quite different from traditional hosting service! Notable ones among those are as follows.

• Managed WordPress Hosting provides you VPSs or Dedicated Servers that are optimized for smooth running of WordPress CMS.
• People from your web host takes care of all kinds of ‘techie’ aspects of your WordPress blog or site, including software updates and security.

Alternatively, if you prefer simpler words, I can say that you do not have to think of technical aspect your server if you have chosen managed WordPress hosting. Now, if you are not that technical to understand these differences, it is your time to check out practical advantages and disadvantages of going for managed WordPress hosting.

Advantages of Managed WP Hosting

Some of the most noticeable advantages of managed WordPress hosting services are as follows. As I said, we are listing out these advantages from a practical point of view.

Premium Support

Unlike most of other hosting solutions, managed WordPress hosting offers top-notch customer support from hosting provider itself. And, you can use this support to fix your doubts as well as other issues you might confront when you go on with your WordPress blog or site. In addition to those techy advices, you can have some ‘productive’ kinds of advices as well — such as WordPress plugin suggestions, speed improvement tips etc. Altogether, you can have one WordPress site optimization expert dedicated for your web server when you purchase a managed WordPress server.

Enhanced Speed and Loading Time

Since web servers used for managed WP hosting are optimized to run WordPress, you can have the best level of page loading time and speed while moving on with your WordPress site or blog. And, even when your WordPress site confronts heavy traffic, you would not have to be alert, because the server is all capable of managing that!

Automated WordPress Updates

Despite your expertise with WordPress, installing new updates and managing the ‘installation’ side of WordPress can be a tough task for some of you! However, once you have hosted your website or blog in a managed WordPress web server, the team from your web host will manage all kinds of installations and updates as they are released. Also, the team will make sure that all your plugins are working properly.

Automated Backups

Despite all these kinds of precautions regarding your website and its technicalities, there might be some issues that cause downtime of your site or loss of data! In any of such dangerous cases, automated backup feature of managed WordPress hosting will come in handy, I bet. Using this exclusive feature you can make sure that all your website files and related databases are stored securely in another corner of web, where it is untouchable from possible damages such as hacking attacks.

Top-notch Security

When compared to other hosting solutions, security section of managed WP hosting is quite tight! It does not mean that no one can break into your web server or website, but the web host will take its maximum effort to make sure that your website is always up and working perfectly.

Disadvantages of Managed WP Hosting

I am sure that you are impressed by the above-shown list of advantages of managed WordPress hosting solutions! Yet, there are some notable disadvantages you should know before purchasing a managed WordPress hosting plan!

Price

Since you believe in the fact that quality products cost more, this is not a disadvantage. However, I can say that, in a comparison with other hosting products, managed WordPress hosting is a bit expensive, certainly expensive than shared hosting. Anyway, when compared with the process of buying a VPS and installing WordPress in it, managed WordPress hosting is undoubtedly affordable!

You’ve Limitations

More often than not, managed WordPress servers come up with limitations! Since you give the management aspect of your server to the team from web host, you cannot have that much control on techie side of your website or blog. However, if you are concerned about smooth functioning of your site/blog, without confronting those techy issues, do not think twice but go for managed WP hosting.

The Bottom Line — Who Needs Managed WordPress Hosting

There might be some exceptions but let us give you an example. If you have a WordPress-based blog or site that is insufficient with a shared web hosting server and needs enhanced performance to manage the heavy traffic you receive, you can go with one managed WordPress hosting service. Obviously, it is quite better than buying a VPS and taking care of your WordPress installation inside that! In an alternative case, if you have a resource-consuming site or blog running on WordPress but are not familiar with technical aspects of WordPress installation, you can go with managed WordPress hosting as well. So, I hope you do now know quite a lot about managed WP hosting as well as which product you should choose. Still, if you have some doubts, I will be pleased to solve those through comments.

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• Shared WordPress Hosting: In this, your WordPress blog or site will be hosted in shared web server. In spite of insufficiency of resources in some situations, shared WordPress hosting is best for newbies.
• VPS WordPress Hosting: If you need an upgrade from shared hosting, VPS WordPress hosting will be the nice choice you can opt. It is suitable for blogs or websites having high traffic.
• Dedicated WordPress Hosting: You can host your WordPress site in a dedicated server. It is only for HUGE!
• Managed WordPress Hosting – In managed WordPress hosting, support team will help you. Moreover, the team will optimize the server for smooth functioning of WordPress site or blog.

Now, we will check out those best hosting services for your upcoming or existing WordPress site or blog.

Bluehost WordPress Hosting

Bluehost is similar to WordPress! Well, not in CMS industry, but in web hosting industry! In all these years, Bluehost has been the first choice of a huge number of web-based professional, including famous ones. Apart from scripts for installing WordPress in majority of web hosting services, Bluehost offers a special, optimized & powerful WordPress hosting service. It is called Optimized Hosting for WordPress and ensures fastness, security and simplicity in its every aspect. Actually, when you purchase this hosting plan, you purchase a powerful Virtual Private Server that has been optimized for smooth functioning of WordPress site or sites. Since Bluehost offers different plans in this category like ‘Blogger’, ‘Professional’, ‘Business’ and ‘Enterprise’ you can choose from them according to your requirements. Each of these plans has impressive features. For instance, basic plan – Blogger – that costs $17.50 in first month provides a VPS with 2GB RAM, 60GB Storage Space, single IP address, SiteLock Pro, SiteLock CDN, a free domain and expert support all the time. In addition, MOJO Marketplace, WordPress-centric controls and automatic backups are notable features of Bluehost WordPress hosting. Obviously, Bluehost WordPress hosting is something nice for those who are looking for reliable web servers to power WordPress-based sites or blogs. Moreover, Bluehost is one of web hosting services recommended by WordPress.org. Click here to read Bluehost review.

DreamPress – WordPress hosting from DreamHost

Well, most of you would not need an introduction to DreamHost, one of the famous providers of different categories of web hosting services. Just like the case of aforementioned case, DreamPress runs on an optimized VPS with deep-rooted support for WordPress-based websites and blogs. Cost of DreamPress servers is $24.95 per month for each WordPress site/blog you host, but you can grab it for $19.95 as an introductory offer. You can find a huge number of impressive features in DreamPress service. It lets you install WordPress through single click, migrate your WordPress site with help of robot, anytime support from WordPress experts of team, data backup to DreamObjects Cloud, etc. In order to power all these features, DreamHost has stuffed enhanced performance into those VPSs used to create DreamPress accounts. Apart from all these, DreamPress has a 97-day money-back guarantee that will get money back if you do not like DreamPress and, not to mention, 100% uptime guarantee. One issue we found in DreamPress is that it does not let you customize features according to your requirements, but you will have to pay according to the number of websites you host in account. Sometimes, this may become not affordable for some professionals or enterprises. Like Bluehost, DreamHost hosting is also recommended by WordPress.org. Click here to read DreamHost review.

InMotion Hosting

InMotion hosting has become quite popular among professionals nowadays! Likewise, WordPress hosting service of InMotion hosting is worth praising, indeed. When we compare InMotion WordPress hosting with other WordPress hosting services, including those we mentioned earlier in this article, it seems be the most affordable solution, when you are seeking an effective WordPress hosting service for your WordPress blog or website. A noticeable feature we found in InMotion host is support for suPHP, one of the options to optimize security of your site/blog running on WordPress recommended by WordPress.org itself. And, InMotion has included 1-click installation of WordPress by means of Softaculous and high-grade hardware and Max Speed Zones in order to enhance speed of your website. In this feature list, Max Speed Zones, a special feature of InMotion is worth praising. Using this feature, as InMotion hosting has datacenters in different regions, you will be able to decrease loading speed of your site by enabling the peering feature between datacenters. InMotion WordPress hosting offers three different plans – Launch, Power and Pro. The first one costs 3.49 per month, whereas Pro plan costs $13.99. In the first plan, you will be able to host two WordPress sites, whereas the Pro plan lets you host up to 25 websites. However, all these plans offer unlimited disk space and bandwidth. While taking all these factors into account, InMotion is the best shared WordPress hosting you can grab.

WPEngine

While aforementioned companies offer WordPress hosting along with other services, WPEngine is quite different, as it offers WordPress hosting only. Of course, WPEngine is offering managed WordPress hosting that is powerful to let you have no doubts regarding performance or functionality of your WordPress site or blog. WPEngine’s portfolio is impressive enough to attract any professionals, as their clients include Soundcloud, AMD, and HTC etc. WPEngine offers four different WordPress hosting plans, which costs $29 to $249 and a premium option, where you’ve to talk with company! The basic plan that costs $29 allows you to host only one WordPress site and supports up to 25000 visits per month, unlimited bandwidth and 10GB of storage. Despite being a bit expensive than other hosting firms, WPEngine has a number of features such as Git Version Control, EverCache technology, data centers spread over the globe, Firewall and Malware scanning to ensure security, daily data backups without even letting you know, support from expert team regardless time, CDN & SSL Certificate (only in further plans, not in basic), LargeFS Storage. Indeed, these features make WPEngine something extraordinary when it comes to hosting WordPress sites & blogs without worrying about functionality or security.

What do you think about these WordPress hosting solutions? Have you had any experience with those? We are very eager to know your opinion.

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